How to sort Amazon SimpleDB records by item identifier (item name)?

Sort by Attribute or item-identifier ^[1] feature in SDB Explorer helps you to sort the item rows according to the selected attribute and order type (Ascending / Descending) in the table.

Amazon does not provide any facility to sort on item identifier so on our clients demand we provide an extra optional attribute column in table which contains the as it is copy of SimpleDB item identifier and you can select the " sdb-item-identifier " for the sorting from the drop down menu provided at the top bar of lower right panel.

Follow the steps below to sort records by Attribute:

1. Run SDB Explorer as usual.
2. Select domain and right click on it.
3. Choose Explore domain option from pop up list.
4. All the items of selected domain display in GRID, just below the Query Textbox.
5. Select an Attribute from drop down list provided at the top bar of items grid.
6. Check the Order-Asc check box to sort records in ascending order and un-check the same check box to sort records in descending order.
7. Click on Sort by Button.
8. Now your SimpleDB records in table will be sorted according to the selected attribute and order type.

1. ˆ Item Identifier : Amazon SimpleDB provides a unique identifier for each row or Item which is know as item identifier.
    

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